I see this message is very old - but I was looking for help and this address came up - so I'm hoping you can help me. I clicked on this link and found out that I was right, UNTHAW is not a word. If something is UN-thawed, it is obviously NOT

Clive wrote: Hi Zdenek, This last post seems to me to be a very feeble attempt to be ill-mannered and annoying. Can't you do any better than that? Clive Come with every deck of card, there always will be two “jokers”.

Hi, deregister The office registered you in the wrong course, so they deregistered you. ie they removed you from the register. unregister You come to the class but your name is not on the register. Your name has never been on the

Hi, freak guy, of course, there are very strict rules, but these rules are rooted in ancient LAtin, if You do not know Latin, then You can claim there are no rules. But if You are not educated enought, You should not state such a nonsense.

Hi micawber, Thanks for your information. Meanwhile, do you know the reasons for their present usages like dis- in disappointment,un- in unimportant,etc.Are there any rules for their usages or just they are employed inaccordance to better

Unfortunately, there are no rules, only usage, so you'll have to use the dictionary, Praveen. Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, in addition to the more common negatives in the main listings, also includes a long list of other words with the same

Google should be able to help you with suffixes. There are many! Here's a good list: http://www.paulnoll.com/Books/Clear-English/English-suffixes-1.html There are several pages of suffixes at that site. CJ

Dear Califjim, I'm an English teacher in Peru and I was just trying to find some information regarding Suffixes, and to be honest with you have shed some light upon that issue. Thanks a lot CarlX

If anything I would say it is regressive since the affix is changing depending on the following phonemes. Ill try to figure it out and report back in a few minutes.

Please tell me which is more correct as the opposite act of registering something. Is it unregister or deregister? I've looked in the online dictionaries and can't find either word. Thanks!